THE Government has come under intense scrutiny after the age of 'child refugees' arriving in the country yesterday was challenged by politicians and the public.

An LBC caller demanded that human rights campaigners should be ignored and each refugee should be given dental checks to confirm their age.

Speaking to Nick Ferrari, the caller known as Paul, from Watford, said he was “sick to death of being taken for an absolute idiot” by the Government after photographs showed the young men, some of whom had visible stubble, boarding a minibus destined for the UK.

The move follows news the Jungle camp is being razed by French authorities.

They arrived on UK soil amid spiraling controversy over Theresa May’s child refugee policy, with critics claiming many of the all-male arrivals being photographed arriving look like adults.

The Home Office insists that all of the refugees coming to Britain have been vetted and are aged 14-17. But it has emerged that no medical checks have been carried out, meaning there is no way to be sure of their true ages.

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How are the people judging their ages? Do they think we’re stupid or something?

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The caller vented his anger at the situation: “I’m so angry as a British taxpayer that these government people are going – how are the people judging their ages? Do they think we’re stupid or something?

“They should have dental checks, it’s too bad if it infringes their human rights.

“I’m sick to death of being a British taxpayer taken for an absolute idiot, I really am!”

Eurosceptic Tory MP David Davies also hit out the children in question.

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The Government was critcised for not age testing migrant children by an LBC caller

He said: “This is just a joke. Some of these people are clearly not children, they’re not even young men.

“There is no way of knowing if someone is a child. We could end up causing, even more, misery if we are not careful. We should invite anyone who wants to come to the UK to take dental tests.”

The row comes after figures showed that nearly two-thirds of people claiming to be child refugees quizzed about their real age last year were actually found to be adults.

In the 12 months to September 2015, 65 per cent of those posing as vulnerable youngsters were found to be over 18.

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Migrant 'children' from the 'Jungle Camp' in Calais arrive in the UK to be reunited with relatives.

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Mr Davies’ calls for child refugees to be subjected to mandatory dental tests to attempt to establish their real ages, but his proposal has come under criticism from experts who say it would be “unethical”.

A spokesman for the British Dental Association said: “We are vigorously opposed to the use of dental X-rays to determine whether asylum seekers have reached 18.

“It’s not only an inaccurate method for assessing age, but it’s also inappropriate and unethical to take radiographs of people when there is no health benefit for them.”